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Friday, July 07, 2006

Aint no anti-tax pledge to him

Yesterday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged to not raise taxes in his second term as governor. But Phil Angelides, who has promised to raise taxes on corporations and high income earners to balance the budget, says the governor has already raised "taxes" under different names.

“As Governor, Schwarzenegger has backed more than $2.5 billion in taxes and fee increases that heavily burden middle class families, young people and seniors while protecting corporate tax giveaways. Last week Schwarzenegger signed his budget that leaves the state with over $20 billion in deficit borrowing and facing a budget deficit of more than $3 billion next year, and admitted that he has ‘no plan to end the deficit.’ We know what Schwarzenegger will do next year if he’s reelected – he’ll do exactly what he did before – raise the cost of living for middle class families by cutting school funding, raising tuition and fees, and cutting health care for children, the disabled, and the elderly. And when Governor Schwarzenegger breaks his promises to the people as he always does, middle class families will once again be stuck with the bill.”